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Samsung Electronics UK has published the first part of its Smarter Futures report, which is based on research conducted by PwC earlier this year. Key predictions in the report include a migration away from the traditional office to ‘creative villages’ that will be more productive and less stressful and lead to staff being more productive,...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is being talked about regularly at conferences now with industry observers predicting that it will make technology truly pervasive in our everyday lives. The latest prediction, for research firm IHS, is that shipments of smart IoT products designed for use in the home will skyrocket from 1 million worldwide in...

The trend in ‘wearable’ computing devices is beginning to have a real impact for the technology industry. Wearable tech is becoming increasingly popular, with gadgets such as Google Glass, the Apple Watch and FitBits become modern “must-haves”. The US-based Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said recently that it expects consumer electronics factory sales to grow 2.4%...

Despite the much-reported decline in PC sales, the number of technology devices being purchased continues to rise, according to figures from Gartner. The research firm says that worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultra-mobiles and mobile phones) are expected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, a 1.5% increase from 2014, according to Gartner....

Many organisations are looking to improve their IT infrastructure over the next few months, according to research from IDC, with most new investment being made in public and private cloud services. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker forecasts total cloud IT infrastructure spending (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) will grow by 26.4% in 2015...

If you’re not patching Flash you’re even stupider than those who still rely on it Crooks behind the world’s worst exploit kit, Angler, have added the latest Adobe Flash vulnerabilities to the suite’s long list of attack vectors. Angler now sports support for some of the 35 Flash player holes detailed and patched last month...

A study by IDC Retail Insights reveals that Western European retailers are actively embarking on their digital transformations and creating omni-channel environments. Systems will need to provide a single view of core order, customer, and inventory data. The report also says best-in-class retailers are working hard to increasingly digitalize physical stores, equipping sales staff with...

From the connected home and self-driving cars to virtual reality, there are tons of emerging technologies we hear about everyday. But most of the time its hard to tell when, if ever, any of these things will become part of our daily life. Fortunatley, research firm Gartner does its best to track the evolution of...

F5 Networks are hosting a live webinar on Thursday 17th September to support the release of BIG-IP version 12. The major new software release from F5 enhances the agility, security and performance of cloud application deployments.  BIG-IP version 12 makes it simple for organisations to unify hardware, software and managed service resources to realise IT...

Original article by Mark Haranas via CRN The enterprise unified communications market is now matured and hitting the mainstream audience in 2015. “You can see that this market is now past the early stage and is now in the mainstream environment,” said analyst Bern Elliot, who co-wrote market research firm Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for UC, in an interview...

NetApp earned four accolades at the Flash Memory Summit on 12th August, including the Best of Show Award for customer innovation thanks to a “game changing” SSD storage system. The NetApp flash technology team’s awards haul also included three 2015 Flash Storage Brand Leaders Awards from IT Brand Pulse. Lee Caswell, Vice President, Product and...

Cisco has been named as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications. Gartner describes leaders within the magic quadrant for Unified Communications (UC) as having a “full UC offering and strong market presence, and demonstrate success in the field. They have a strong presence in related markets to expand their footprint in UC....